Burlington/Alamance Regional
BUY · KBUY · Burlington, North Carolina · Alamance County · map
Burlington/Alamance Regional is a public-use airport owned by Burlington-Alamance Airport Authori, 3 miles southwest of Burlington, North Carolina, 616 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 6,406 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 89 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 74,450 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET TANGO 3W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (RDU, 35 nm east), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 330° at 30 kt; 6,000 ft: 340° at 24 kt, 12 °C; 9,000 ft: 330° at 26 kt, 7 °C; 12,000 ft: 320° at 30 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 330° at 39 kt, -8 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA BUY · ICAO KBUY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Burlington-Alamance Airport Authori
- Elevation
- 616 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,406 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 55 ft high 1,238 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 78 ft high 1,788 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.6 | |
| Buy and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 336-570-9813.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 73 |
| multi-engine | 12 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 74,450, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 23,000 |
| general aviation, local | 50,000 |
| military | 450 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Burlington from the FAA register
72 aircraft are registered to owners in Burlington, North Carolina: 39 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 9 balloons, 4 piston twins, 3 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Siler City Municipal (21 nm south), Piedmont Triad International (23 nm west), Raleigh Regional AT Person County (28 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in North Carolina · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Burlington, by their names on the register:
- Western Flying Club INC 3 aircraft Western Flying Club is a not-for-profit, member-owned flying club based in Burlington, NC.
Charter operators and airlines based in Burlington:
- SkySouth Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate SkySouth Aviation is a charter operator and FBO based in Burlington, North Carolina.
Repair stations in Burlington:
- Aero Accessories, LLC.
- Consolidated Fuel Systems LLC
- H and H Propeller Services INC
- Honda Aero, LLC
- Marvel-Schebler Aircraft Carburetors, LLC
- Triad Aviation INC Triad Aviation is a Part 145 repair station located in Burlington, North Carolina, providing airframe, engine, cylinder, and propeller overhaul and repair services.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 14 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 10 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 9 engineering representatives, 7 training center evaluators, 3 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Christopher Marshall Whittle private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Burlington, NC (0 nm) · (336) 264-0943 · chrismwhittle@gmail.com
- Doris Gatewood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Signature FBO · Greensboro, NC (23 nm) · (540) 522-6115 · doris@horizonav8.com
- Garland Michael Boone private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Triad Aviation Acadmey · Greensboro, NC (23 nm) · (336) 403-4622 · gmboone1960@gmail.com
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · SIGNATURE AVIATION · Greensboro, NC (23 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · ron@planevisions.com
- Travis Jeffrey Williams private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Danville Regional Airport · Danville, VA (32 nm) · (434) 250-4310 · planejockey23@hotmail.com
- Francesco Gozzo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Morrisville, NC (33 nm) · (919) 426-5494 · frankgdpe@gmail.com
- Jay Lindsey Nabors private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · FBO · Sanford, NC (33 nm) · (919) 740-0299 · jnabors1124@gmail.com
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Moore County Airport · Carthage, NC (43 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · stevelhenderson6@gmail.com
All 58 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 06 and 24 oper continuous. High-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 on dusk to dawn, to change intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd christmas day.
- 17 feet trees 36 feet to 116 feet from end of runway offset 380 feet right of centerline.
- Deer and waterfowl in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 06, 15 feet DROP-OFF 150 feet from threshold 250 feet left of centerline.
- Runway 24 has unmkd high voltage transmission lines approximately 4000 feet from threshold and both sides of centerline.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Burlington 72 aircraft · 39 piston singles, 17 turboprops, 9 balloons
- Elon Aviation LLC 16 aircraft in town
- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings 12 aircraft in town
- Western Flying Club INC 3 aircraft in town
- Missionary Air Group INC 3 aircraft in town
- SkySouth Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Western Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Aero Accessories, LLC. · repair station
- Consolidated Fuel Systems LLC · repair station
- H and H Propeller Services INC · repair station
- Honda Aero, LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 306 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,129 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BUY.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 9, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.